3. Extent, Commencement and Short Title
(1) This Act extends to the United Kingdom
(2) This Act may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Amendment) Act 2017
(3) This Act will come into force the day it is passed

Notes
There is no substantial enough reason for heterosexual couples to be denied the possibility of a civil partnership. The bill negates the peculiar situation we find ourselves in; that homosexual couples can enter marriages or civil partnerships whereas heterosexual couples are barred the possibility of opting for a civil partnership.

(Original post by Connor27)
Why not just back our bill instead, that abolishes all civil partnerships as obsolete rather than create two tiers of marriage and more bureaucracy?

Because I think there's no harm in individual couples having more than one option with regard to how they define their formalised relationship. Some people don't like the traditional connotations associated with marriage but still want to have something to set their relationship in stone, and that's fine.

(Original post by Conceited)
Then you run the risk of removing an option that people would rather opt for. This bill is much more sensible. Straightens the law while also giving the people what they want.